No. 181: Hot wearables, top stories and real news about fake news

Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling.

January 5, 2017

TG it’s OVER: A happy end to the year, everybody, and welcome new readers including Jason, Gil and Stefanie. It’s Dec. 30, on which the USSR was formed, Hubble spotted another galaxy and England stopped using canaries in coal mines.

(The canaries ended in 1986. Interestingly, most came back around when exposed to fresh air.)

It’s National Bacon Day. Those who do not partake of the pork product may celebrate by watching “Footloose.”

The Innovate staff is taking a long weekend, so no Monday newsletter. We look forward to seeing you at the AVZ business outlook breakfast on Thursday, Jan. 5, 8 to 10 a.m. at Crest Hollow.

Emotional rescue: In the war on fake news, it’s not what you know, it’s how you feel about it. Blake Cornell can help you know.

A really (really) good gig: Departing congressman Steve Israel will become chair of the Institute for Global Issues at LIU. The university will also house his papers and is encouraging him to write additional satire like his much-praised literary debut, “The Global War on Morris.”

+ The Innovator of the Year awards are March 21, at 8 a.m., Crest Hollow Country Club, winners names coming right after the holidays.

+ The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs – yes, that’s what SBIR and STTR stand for – award more than $2.6 billion in high-risk, non-diluting R&D funding annually to qualified small businesses. You could get some.

But best to first attend the Center for Biotechnology’s two-day seminar on how to apply, this one for companies with a National Institutes of Health focus. Jan. 18, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Jan. 19, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the High Tech Incubator at Stony Brook University, $60, registration a must, but easily accomplished here.

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